On Nov 10, 5:23 pm, octopusgrabbus <old_road_f...@verizon.net> wrote: > I have an existing MySQL table. It's fairly straightforward: > > part_num char(20) > ept_type smallint (default 0) not null > inv_id integer (default 0) not null > load_date date > > columns 2 and 3 (ept_type and inv_id) form a unique key. An example of > a unique key is 43 and 80581770. > > I've tried to create a model > > from django.db import models > > # Create your models here. > class ept_inv(models.Model): > part_num = models.CharField(max_length=20) > ept_type = models.SmallIntegerField > inv_id = models.IntegerField > load_date = models.DateField > > but am getting errors on syncdb > class ept_inv(models.Model): > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/ > base.py", line 9 > 2, in __new__ > new_class.add_to_class(obj_name, obj) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/ > base.py", line 2 > 12, in add_to_class > value.contribute_to_class(cls, name) > TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases > unbound method contribute_to_class() must be called with > SmallIntegerField i > nstance as first argument (got ModelBase instance instead) > > What should I be doing? > Thank you.
All your fields need to be instances, not classes - eg SmallIntegerField() not SmallIntegerField. Also note that Django has built-in functionality for building a model from an existing table: just run ./manage.py inspectdb -- DR. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
